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(CNN) — There are not many Bond villains who survive to tell the tale of their encounter with 007.

Sebastien Foucan is neither shaken nor stirred, although that’s more than can be said for his character “Mollaka” — who was blown to smithereens by Daniel Craig in the 2006 epic “Casino Royale.”

Foucan has proved even more elusive than the acrobatic bomb-maker he portrayed in the villages of Madagascar, where he vaulted through jungle and a construction site, leaping perilously off buildings and cranes.

Rather than “Die Another Day,” the career of Foucan — known as the founder of free running and a developer of its close relative Parkour — has taken off in a way he never dreamed of.

“Being in the James Bond movie was just amazing,” the Frenchman tells CNN’s Human to Hero series. “It was fantastic working on a big stage, fighting James Bond and having the helicopter shoot everything.

“Knowing that I’ve never done any acting, I didn’t plan to be in a movie like this. It was just fantastic.

“For the discipline, I think it was a big platform and I think it just made free running bigger and bigger.

“It keeps growing. I worked with Madonna on her ‘Confession’ tour and my life changed at this point because I went from being a free runner, an ambassador, to something even bigger.”

Foucan has come a long way since running around Paris as a teenager with the likes of Parkour founder David Belle.